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MEDIA RELEASE: Northern Shrimp Stock Assessment Shows Increase and Opportunity
Mar 4, 2021
March 4, 2021 – DFO held a technical briefing for northern shrimp today to update industry stakeholders on the most
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW-Unifor Launches Corporate Concentration Campaign Video Series
Mar 1, 2021
March 1, 2021 – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is launching a public relations advertising campaign today
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MEDIA RELEASE: Snow Crab Assessment Update Shows Positive Signs
Feb 26, 2021
February 26, 2021 – Snow crab harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are cautiously optimistic following an overall positive assessment update
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Releases Results of Election Questionnaire
Feb 8, 2021
February 8, 2021 – FFAW-Unifor launched their Virtual Lobby Week on Monday January 25th to seek commitments from the leaders
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Raises The Alarm on Seal Predation and Offshore Draggers in 3Ps During Annual Meeting on Groundfish Stocks
Jan 14, 2021
January 14, 2021 – The inshore fleets in 3Ps have relied on cod traditionally to support multispecies enterprises, bringing important
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Responds to Rebuilding Plan for Atlantic Cod in 2J3KL
Dec 22, 2020
December 22, 2020 – FFAW-Unifor finds the Rebuilding Plan for Atlantic Cod prepared by DFO discouraging. The approach outlined in the
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Commends New Owner-Operator and Fleet Separation Regulations
Dec 10, 2020
December 10, 2020 – The new Owner-Operator and Fleet Separation regulations enacted by the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Responds to 2020 DFO 3Ps Cod Stock Assessment
Nov 20, 2020
November 20, 2020 – For years, fish harvesters on the South Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador have been vocal about declining
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MEDIA RELEASE: DFO Closes Atlantic Mackerel Fishery as an Abundance of Mackerel Reached the Northeast Coast
Nov 14, 2020
November 14, 2020 – FFAW is calling on DFO to revise its approach to mackerel science so that a true understanding
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MEDIA RELEASE: FFAW Calls for Halt to Acquisition of Quinlan Brothers by Royal Greenland
Sep 22, 2020
The elimination of Quinlan Brothers as competition means that three large processing companies now control approximately 75% of all fish processing in the province, and close to 85% of the lucrative shellfish processing in the province.